Series of blasts shake Iraqi capital (Agencies) Updated: 2004-03-05 17:40 Several explosions echoed
across Baghdad on Friday, hours before the Iraqi Governing Council was due to
sign a transitional constitution.
A loud blast reverberated through the city centre at around 11.30 a.m. (0830
GMT), rattling windows across the river from the main US headquarters. There
were no further details.
Earlier, a US military spokesman said there had been six or seven blasts at
Baghdad international airport southwest of the city, where there is a major US
base, between 10" US bases across the country regularly come under fire from
mortars and grenades.
Police in the Ameriyah district in the west of the capital said a roadside
bomb had detonated at around 9.30 a.m. (0630 GMT), leaving a crater in the
street but causing no casualties.
The council had delayed the signing for two days out of respect for at least
181 people killed in a series of attacks on Tuesday.
Three people were killed in the capital on Thursday in a rocket attack. There
are frequent explosions in Baghdad, some caused by roadside bombs planted by
insurgents, others controlled by US troops destroying
ordnance.
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